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Posted on Saturday, October 13th, 2012

Dave!This morning I boarded a plane for Cincinnati, Ohio so that I might rent a car and drive to Lexington, Kentucky. I would have flown to Lexington directly, but the cost of the ticket was hundreds of dollars more expensive, so I took a pass. The two-day car rental was a fraction of the price and a much better bargain.

The reason I was off to Lexington was to attend a party being thrown by The Couple Formerly Known as Mr. Fabulous and Turnbaby. I hadn't been to the previous two parties (despite having a fantastic time at their ConFab event back in 2009) so I knew I had to get to this one. Because, hey, how many parties can you go to where snorting heroin off of Secondhand Karl's ass is a topic of conversation?

Well, okay, lots of them. But not in Kentucky.

The theme of the party was "Hollywood Nights" and every attendee had to show up dressed as a recognizable movie character. As I was trying to decide what in the heck I was going to be one night, The Princess Bride was playing on television. So... The Dread Pirate Roberts I was to be...

As You Wish!
As you wish! Photo by Adam Heath Avitable

I bought the head-scarf, mask, gloves, collapsible sword, and boot toppers... but sewed the shirt myself, and it turned out great. Luckily I had taken a sewing e-course from Whipstitch, so I already knew how to do the tricky bits required for constructing a poofy shirt. Good thing too, because you never know when that kind of knowledge will come in handy.

Anyway... it was all worth it, because the party was great and a good time was had by all.

And I got to dress up like a pirate.

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Comments

  1. holyshit. FANTASTIC costume! great job on the shirt, my friend.
    dave, it is a good thing i couldn’t go due to a wedding i needed to attend, because i totally would have gotten drunk and propositioned you. totally threw myself at you. i mean, not much hotter than the man in black. you wouldn’t have wanted me there humping your leg all night so i guess it was for the best that i didn’t go.

  2. claire says:

    What a great poofy shirt! Well done, Dave! Nice to see some fruits of your sewing class labors.

  3. oooo that puffy shirt is awesome!! 🙂

  4. You should dress up like a pirate more often!

  5. Wouah! You sewed the shirt yourself. Impressionnant!
    Great costume and lovely movie! Good choice! 🙂

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